Question about Topps factory sets
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What is the first year that Topps produced a factory set?
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JC Penny had them.
Steve
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<< <i>Yep I thinks so too.
JC Penny had them.
Steve >>
JC Penny...that is pretty cool. I will keep my eyes peeled for some of there old catalogs. I would like to see how much they were getting for them.
Do you remember what type of a box was used? Curious if it was plain white or if it was similiar to what Topps does now.
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Looks like it sold for $400
The 1974 Topps Baseball Card Set signaled the end of an era of card collecting. The Golden Years were over. Although we did not realize it at the time, the signs were there: 1974 Topps Baseball Cards rose to above a penny (8 for a dime), cards were no longer issued in series, and the JC Penny’s catalog began selling factory issued sets. The hobby was evolving as Collector’s Conventions (card shows) were booming and for the first time we realized that the condition and centering of the card affected the value. The key 1974 Topps Rookie Cards are Ken Griffey, Dave Parker and #456 Dave Winfield.
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Looks like it sold for $400
Thanks! Not a bad looking box!
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Search thru here for the 1976 set
Should be in there. With a quick look I cant find the '74 catalog.
This guy has alot but not the '74 catalog.
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Topps didn't start to officially release factory sets until 1985 - again I believe this is accurate.
I do not remember any offering by Topps - directly to the public - for cards/sets in the 50s or 60s.
Packs were repackaged after the season was over to get rid of all the surplus - e.g. as we know the 52T's were cello-packed in groups of 8 packs or one might find - in later years - rack/grocery cello packs of 3.
I believe some large candy distributors may have also dumped their product in some similar way - of course vending machines had the cards all winter long.
My personal favorite was pulling a card from an exhibit card vending machine.
Wish I know more.
mike
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Also, I think Topps had factory sets in 1984.
Steve
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The baseball card shop near my house still has a vending machine. I think he has it loaded with 1978-1984 Topps.
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Topps also issued "Presentation Sets" in the 1950's and early 1960's (although I've heard stories they continued intermittently until 1972) to higher level employees and special recipients. These sets were akin to the update sets as they were in Series boxes. The cards in these Presentation Sets were typically a bit smaller and the few sets that I've had have been rejected by PSA as not meeting minimum size requirements (1961, 1962, 1963). SGC has, on occasion, graded such cards with the notation: Presentation Set.
<< <i>Didn't Perry find a report of an earlier Topps factory set (1971)?
Also, I think Topps had factory sets in 1984.
Steve >>
Hi Steve
When I say "official" - I'm not ruling out the sets in certain years - I have one from 1982 - but they were some kind of 'afterthought' in a way to dump product.
My understanding is that in '85, it became a genuine annual product - marked as such.
But, I could be wrong.
mike
sold by Penny's and Sears both. Nondescript boxes tanish brown. Saw these around 1983 at Charlotte,
N.C. show. Al Rosen (Mr. Mint) bought a huge (5000+) group of 83-85 Topps factory sets when Penny's
discontinued them. I bought 2 of each year and opened them; '83 missing a complete series duplicate
of another, the '84 and '85 were each missing 2 series, dupes of others. In the mid to late 80's some
presentation sets from the early 60's came to light. I believe they were given to dignitaries that visited
Topps at the time. There were a few dealers in the 60's and 70's that also sold cards by the series. I
finished my 65-69 sets this way. The last series or two were rarely available in N.E. Tenn. They also sold
singles , I may still have a price list or two buried somewhere.
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Here's a shot of it in my display case